Majority of Indian rural poor lack access to finance and depend on informal sources of finance (e.g., moneylenders). Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), which provide small financial services (loans, savings and insurance) to the poor without any collateral, have emerged as a major source of...

Coal-based thermal power stations are the leaders in electricity generation in India. This study employs the stochastic frontier production function methodology for panel data to measure the technical efficiency (TE) of coal-based thermal power plants in India during 1994-1995 to 2001-2002....

Purpose – Good governance is often regarded as essential for a country's economic development. The World Bank's governance framework has guided development projects and governance reform in many developing nations over the past few decades. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview...